A P McCoy achieved another huge milestone yesterday in an already illustrious riding career when notching up his 4,000th winner aboard Mountain Tunes at Towcester. In typical A P fashion, it was a hard earned victory as the 18-times champion jockey galvanised his mount from the last hurdle to win by half a length. Timing is everything as A P … Read more »
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SOLARIO RACING THREE-YEAR-OLDS GEARING UP FOR WINTER CAMPAIGN
SOLARIO RACING’S two syndicate three-year-olds, Chiltern Secret and Gunning For Glory are gearing up for winter campaigns on the all-weather and both horses look in fine shape. The former enjoyed a summer break out in the paddocks and she has really thrived. She has always been a light filly and Dean Ivory has been keen… Read more »
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RED COSSACK RATED 75
RED COSSACK after his second at Kempton last week has been given a handicap mark of 75. A mark in the mid-70s was somewhat inevitable given the form of his second and third runs, both at the Sunbury track. In the former, he was beaten two lengths behind Ninety Minutes, who was subsequently rated 76… Read more »
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“MAJOR” TAKES IT ALL IN HIS STRIDE
THEWAYYOUARE yearling known as “Major” bought by Solario Racing for £18,000 has been backed and ridden away and is taking everything in his stride. Today he was schooled on his own in the manège under stable apprentice Paul Booth and he looked like he’d been doing it all his life. Plenty of circles, figures of eight… Read more »
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AMADIVA MAKES RACECOURSE DEBUT AT KEMPTON
AMADIVA, the beautifully bred Amadeus Wolf half-sister to seven winners from the family of European 3yo Champion Sprinter, Pursuit Of Love, makes her debut at Kempton Park on Thursday in a 7f maiden auction. A £6,000 yearling, she has grown and blossomed during recent months and we look to have found a good race for… Read more »
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THEWAYYOUARE…THEWAYYOUWIN!
THEWAYYOUARE was a top class 2yo for André Fabre winning the Group 1 Criterium International over a mile. As a stallion, he’s made a remarkable start from very few runners. His first crop this year has seen two runners in Britain, Toast Of New York and Never To Be and both have won. The former,… Read more »
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TROPICS RATED 116…AND HE DIDN’T COST FIVE MILLION GUINEAS!
TROPICS’ annihilation of the field in the Group 3 John Guest Bengough Stakes earned him a revised rating of 116, up 9lbs. The Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sales hit extraordinarily dizzy heights today with the world record price for a yearling filly being smashed when 5 million guineas was paid for a Galileo full… Read more »
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AMADIVA ALL THE RAGE!
AMADIVA may not be a yearling but this beautifully bred 2yo filly certainly caught the eye at Sunday’s “Yearling Parade”. She has always been a very attractive filly but we now know she has an engine to go with those looks! In front of around a hundred guests, she cantered effortlessly on both reins and… Read more »
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WONDERFUL TURNOUT AT SOLARIO RACING PARADE
A hundred owners and prospective owners basked in autumnal sunshine at Solario Racing’s Yearling Parade yesterday. Proceedings officially began at 10am, although a few early birds were queueing at the gates of Harper Lodge Farm at 9.40. There was a fabulous atmosphere around the yard with the place still buzzing after Dean Ivory’s superb Group 3 victory… Read more »
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TROPICS’ GROUP SUCCESS GIVES IVORY RECORD YEAR!
TROPICS’ success in the Group 3 John Guest Bengough Stakes at Ascot today gave Dean Ivory a record 34th winner of the season, beating his previous best set in 2007. The rags to riches story of the 5yo Speighstown gelding for whom this was a sixth victory in just 13 starts has been the highlight… Read more »
